Bronze at the National XC, Peak District Challenge and Swim/Run

This week is dominated by the re-arranged English National Cross Country Championships with Charlie Nicolson winning a bronze medal in the U13Boys race and the U17W finishing 4th. Elsewhere there was Masters athletics, Filipe Cardoso taking part in the 100km Peak District Challenge and Hannah Yip taking part of the Serpentine Swim/Run. The Club also held the 2nd part of the Club Championships on a rainy evening at Finsbury Park

ECCA National Cross Country Championships 14,9,2024

After being cancelled in February sue to water-logged car parks the National Cross Country took place on a glorious sunny early autumn day. The course was set over beautifully prepared parkland. It was a pity that the numbers of runners was substantially down on a normal race.

The Club’s Young Athletes however eagerly took up the opportunity not least as age groups were the same as last winter. The U17’s kicked the event off with Issy Watkins leading the charge finishing 32nd with sister Millie 23s later. Amaya Shankardass and Ishaana Cannell completed the team which finished 4th just outside the medals. Sam Turner, continued his strong form from the steeplechase and was the first U15B home in 45th place. Tam Mergia was 30s behind and Dylan Mills and Ennio Kaloukian completed the team scorers that finished 15th.

Our largest representation was in the U15 Girls with 10 runners. Amy Kirk in 33rd and Kiara Corkin 50th gave rthe team a strong platform with Margot Hunt and Lila Blustin completing the team which finsihed in 7th place. Most of the girls will still be U15 in February when the race returns to Parliament Hill.

The U13 Boys race saw Charlie Nicolson who had recently improved his 800m PB by 3s finding himself in a group of 4 contesting 3rd place. With around 1km to go he moved to the front of the group and opened a gap which he was able to hold until the finishing line winning a Bronze medal. Rory Willis finsihed 40s later in 29th and James McGuire 45th with Nathan Grela-Bekele completing the team which finshed in 4th.

Unfortunately we had only 3 U17 Men with George Saint producing a great run to finish 24th, David Baah Okyere was 94th with Artie Feeny-Willings also running.

There was some Senior representation Mihaly Zoltan Jeles and Alfonso Estepa Palacios both took part in the Senior Mens race while the Senior Womens team of Genevieve Weston, Molly Harrison, Lucy Daly and Kimberli Butler secured 18th place in the team competion.

Many thanks to team manager Ruth Miller, parents and athletes who produced such a great set of results.

Results

U13 Boys (3 km 227 runners)

1st T Creed (Hercules Wimbledon) 10.41

3rd Charlie Nicolson 10.50🥉

29th Rory Willis 11:30

45th James McGuire 11.45

190th Nathan Grela-Bekele 13.58

Team:- 1st Hercules Wimbledon 98 pts, 8th London Heathside 267 pts

U15 Girls (4km 176 runners)

1st P Quinn (Torbay) 14.32

33rd Amy Kirk 16.36

50th Kiara Corkin 17:03

66th Margot Hunt 17.19

94th Lila Blustin 18.06

99th Ivy Gray 18.10

128th Jessica Lappin 18.59

152nd Caitlin Roberts 20.06

156th Maya Westgate 20.16

175th Jasmina Roberts 22.14

Team:- 1st Chelmsford 48 pts, 7th London Heathside 243 pts

U15 Boys (4km 212 runners)

1st M Bacon (Rotherham Harriers) 13.03

45th Sam Turner 14.29

97th Tam Mergia 15.07

129th Dylan Mills 15.37

133rd Ennio Kaloukian 15.41

161st Joe Skelsey 16.05

167th Pheonix Bonhote 16.16

193rd Leon Bestmann-Calvo 17.15

1st Tonbridge 80 pts, 15th London Heathside 404 pts

U17 Women (5km 101 runners)

1st F Bradley (Westbury Harriers) 17.57

32nd Issy Watkins 21.04

40th Millie Watkins 21.27

69th Amaya Shankardass 23.27

72nd Ishaana Cannell 23.50

Team:- 1st WSE&H 45 pts, 4th London Heathside 213 pts

U17 Men (6km 162 runners)

1st M Clark (City of Norwich) 18.45

24th George Saint 19.43

94th David Baah-Okyere 21.26

156th Artie Feeny Willings 25.17

Team:- 1st AF&D 109 pts, London Heathside - No team

Senior Women (8Km 266 runners)

1st N Brown (AF&D) 29.53

69th Genevieve Weston 37.49

87th Molly Harrison 39.38

144th Lucy Daly 43.02

154th Kimberli Butler 43.38

Team:- 1st AF&D 68 pts, 18th London Heathside 454 pts

Senior Men (12km 529 runners)

1st H Milner (Derby) 37.38

209th Mihaly Zoltan Jeles 49.17

334th Alfonso Estepa Palacios 56.09

Team:- 1st Bristol and West 138 pts, London Heathside No Team

England Masters AA Inter-Area Outdoor Challenge, Corby, 7.9,24

200m

H35 7th Noelle O’Regan (V35) 29.86

400m

H35 3rd Noelle O’Regan (V35) 64.43

H70 7th Adrian Essex (V70) 1:21.66

800m

H35 3rd Richard Macaulay (V35) 2:08.48

H70 6th Adrian Essex (V70) 3:57.78

1500m

H35 2nd Richard Macaulay (V35) 4:12.26

H70 Adrian Essex (V70) 8:24.62
Long Jump (V70)

2nd Adrian Essex (V70) 3.45m

Stratford Speed GP4, Newham & Essex Beagles Summer Open, Stratford, 8.9.24

100m

Hx 8th Mohamed Kamara 11.92

Bedford RunFest Marathon, Bedford 8.9.24

197th Natasha Ferenczy 3:17.00 (31st woman)

Vale of York Half Marathon, York 8.9.24

10k

11th Katie Brown 37.01

RunThrough Half Marathon, Woking 8.9.24

51st Rebecca Bunting (V40) 1:17.43 (3rd woman, 1st VW40)

93rd Kwasi Agyei-Owusu (V40) 1:21.04

100km, Peak District Challenge, Derbyshire, 13.9.24

Filipe Cardoso reports on the 100km Peak District Challenge:-

Last Friday at around 9pm I set off from the village of Hathersage, to complete the 100km Peak District Challenge circular route with 3,000m of elevation. in the Northern Midlands

This is an unmarked trail course, requiring navigation, with feeding stations along the way. It is a very low-key event which adds to its appeal.

Having previously completed ultras in the hills and canals of Southern England, I felt confident in completing it around lunchtime Saturday. I obviously had not considered on how steep, rocky and treacherous some of the trails are in the mountains, as well as my basic navigation skills.

The weather stayed dry throughout the 21 hours it took me to get back and the views were breathtaking.

The 100km race was won by Javier Monllor who completed in 13 hours.

There were also 3 other races running during the weekend: 25km, 50km and 75km.

Result

13th Filipe Cardoso 21 hours 39 mins 2s

Serpentine Swim/Run, Hyde Park, 14.9.24

Race report for Swim Serpentine (14 September) below:

Some 6,000 people took part in Swim Serpentine 2024, including the actress Juliet Stevenson. The water temperature was a fresh 15 degrees, but the sun helped us stay warm.

David and I were hoping to go for the Two Mile event when entries opened back in May, but it had sold out within half a day.

It was our debut swimming race. David exceeded his expectations by completing the race in less than 45 minutes. Thanks to Filipe Cardoso who lent me a tow float and warned me about the ducks and swans. They were the least of my issues. I ended up swimming a little too far out by 80m or so. I also walked in a rather leisurely manner towards the finish ramp, mistakenly believing the final barrier above the water to be the end of the race, as is the case with Olympic 10km swim races.

 Serpentine 2024 – One Mile

 257th Hannah Yip (skins – non-wetsuit) 36:58

423rd David Ingamells (skins – non-wetsuit) 40:47

Club Championships Part 2 Finsbury Park 10.9.24
The Club hed the 2nd part of the Club Championships on a wet evening at Finsbury Park. Results are on Powerof10 however Jacob Howe sent in the following results from the 5,000 meters at the club race at Finsbury Park on Tuesday September 10. The fastest Heathside man on the night was Jack Sirett who finished in 15:38:15 followed by V45 Tom Aldred in 16:11:10. The fastest woman was Jessica Prior in 18:25 followed by Chiara Borg in 19:10:36.

5000 Race 1 1 Estepa Palacios SM 19:09.99

5000 Race 1 2 Chiara Borg SW 19:10:36

5000 Race 1 3 Francesca Stocco SW 19:16.35

5000 Race 1 4 Serena Baker SW 19:17.27

5000 Race 1 5 Aidan Taylor SM 19:31.35

5000 Race 1 6 Rebecca Walker SW 19:33.16

5000 Race 1 7 Tatyana Potiyenko SW 19:38.39

5000 Race 1 8 Genevieve Weston SW 19:47.44

5000 Race 1 9 Aaron Burns SM 19:56.37

5000 Race 1 10 Marcus Tillotson SM 20:19.35

5000 Race 1 11 Paul Tonkinson SM 20:29.43

5000 Race 1 12 Mark George SM 21:18.09

5000 Race 1 13 Isobel Smith SW 21:19.28

5000 Race 1 14 Ella Inwald SW 21:32.58

5000 Race 1 15 Danny Olive SM 21:37.08

5000 Race 1 16 Angharad Chandler SW 22:12.23

5000 Race 1 17 Christine Goldsmith SW 22:12.90

5000 Race 1 18 Anna Lowne SW 22:13.75

5000 Race 1 19 Eleanor Taylor SW 22:56.81

5000 Race 1 20 Kim Butler SM 23:44.49

5000 Race 2 1 Jack Sirett SM 15:38.15

5000 Race 2 2 Tom Aldred SM 16:11.10

5000 Race 2 3 Samuel Macaulay SM 16:20.83

5000 Race 2 4 Greg Whiteley SM 16:24.53

5000 Race 2 5 Arthur Hawkes SM 16:43.48

5000 Race 2 6 Jonny Forsyth SM 16:47.59

5000 Race 2 7 Jose Sabroso SM 16:48.38

5000 Race 2 8 Edouard Gillard SM 16:58.68

5000 Race 2 9 James Driver SM 17:08.14

5000 Race 2 10 Keith Geoghegan SM 17:17.07

5000 Race 2 11 Charlie Boyd SM 17:31.50

5000 Race 2 12 Ewan Gault SM 17:31.92

5000 Race 2 13 Peter Wootton SM 17:33.57

5000 Race 2 14 Bart Etcheverry SM 17:38.38

5000 Race 2 15 Deng Akol SM 17:44.49

5000 Race 2 16 Peter Dowds SM 17:47.02

5000 Race 2 17 Etienne Daries SM 17:48.60

5000 Race 2 18 Anthony Shaw SM 17:58.06

5000 Race 2 19 Mihaly Zoltan Jeles SM 18:16.26

5000 Race 2 20 James Dyson SM 18:16.41

5000 Race 2 21 Alfie Denness SM 18:24.10

5000 Race 2 22 Jessica Prior SW 18:25.00

5000 Race 2 23 Justin Badger SM 18:26.10

5000 Race 2 24 Harry Owrid SM 18:29.35

5000 Race 2 25 Kevin Hind SM 18:32.48

5000 Race 2 26 Roy Kimachia SM 18:43.00

Parkrun

93 Heathsiders ran in parkruns last Saturday,  Congratulations for first place finishes go to: Christopher Gracie (Strathclyde, 16:04),  Tom Livermore (Portrush, 17.26), Conor Brown (Marecchia, 17.48), Peter Gould (Ally Pally, 18.04), Etienne Daries (Old Railway Trail, Llangollen18.53), Lily Woolcock (Finsbury 20.11), Monika Newton (Gunpowder 20.15) and Chiara Borg (Lordship Rec 20.42).  Full results can be found here.

Compiled by Simon Baker with thanks to Gavin Evans, Filipe Cardoso and Hannah Yip